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Paragraph 1 Stem cuttingsI1

Northern Ireland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(a)

Stem cuttings shall not be considered to be of fair marketable quality if any of the following defects exist:

(i)

their wood is more than two years old;

(ii)

they have less than two well formed buds;

(iii)

they are affected by necroses or show damage by harmful organisms;

(iv)

they show signs of desiccation, overheating, mould or decay.

(b)

Minimum dimensions for stem cuttings–

  • minimum length: 20 cm,

  • minimum top diameter:

    • Class F1... 1: 8 mm

    • Class ... 2: 10 mm.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word in Sch. 9 para. 1(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/211), regs. 1(1), 36(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Commencement

I1

Sch. 9 para. 1 in operation at 1.1.2003, see reg. 1